RE: st: RE: Graphing limitations / questions

["b. water" <barleywater@hotmail.com>]

Thank you Tom for your advice. I checked metan's help file as well as the 
STB. The command does not allow metan of odds ratios and their CI's - if 
this is what you mean by creating a new datasets, i.e. datasets of summary 
odds ratios point estimates and their respective CI's.

Regarding DIY - wish I am able to. On a few occasions I have tinkered with 
the codes but futile were my efforts. So I adopted a pragmatic approach - 
using two different softwares to do what I need to do. Nevertheless if ever 
I can crack this on Stata, I will post it to the list.

Kind regards,
bw


> From: "Steichen, Thomas J." <SteichT@rjrt.com>
> Reply-To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> Subject: RE: st: RE: Graphing limitations / questions
> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:33:54 -0500
>
> b. water writes (in part):
>
> > i often do meta-analysis using metan command in stata. what
> > i would like to do however, once i have the forest plot, and
> > the summary point (with its confidence intervals), is to put
> > this summary point together with other summary points (from
> > other meta-analysis) onto another forest plot so that
> > visual comparison can be made.
> >
> > i wish i can do this in stata with the various
> > ancillary options made available too (e.g. dots, boxes,
> > diamond for point estimate, different colors of graphs,
> > backgrounds and lines - where stata  excels).
>
> One can always create a new dataset of the summary point
> estimates and CI's and re-analyse those with -metan- to
> generate a "comparison" forest plot.  The summary stats
> are returned after a -metan- run or can be hand entered.
>
> -metan- is a user-contributed program and, as such, does
> not benefit from direct StataCorp support.  One can, though,
> work out the necessary code for the wanted bells and whistles
> and propose it to the author for inclusion in his work...
> Or you can clone it, add the bits to your version, then
> consider contributing and supporting (at whatever level you
> are willing to do) your version for the benefit of all.
> ....or, StataCorp could take on the project of providing a
> supported suite of meta-analysis commands ...but I'd advise
> not holding your breath while waiting!
>
> Tom
>
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